WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS—
SolarCity Corporation
Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet · Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SolarCity Corporation, 14 Valente Dr, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 01604 on — Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries , affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee fell approximately 25 feet from the second-story roof of a residence where he was installing solar panels. He fractured his feet, ankles, legs, and wrist and suffered a spinal injury when he hit the ground. He required surgery.
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Solarcity Corporation
An employee was the last person on the roof after installing solar panels and wiring and had removed his fall protection equipment handing it to a coworker. The coworker went down the ladder to the ground and held the ladder. When the injured employee went to descend the ladder, he slid and a strap securing the ladder to the roof broke. He fell over 20 feet from the roof to a concrete surface below resulting in compound fractures to his left arm.
AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS—
SolarCity Corporation
An employee was helping a forklift operator load two pallets of solar panels into a flatbed truck. The employee was holding a piece of dunnage and his finger got pinched when the forklift operator pushed the second pallet farther into the box truck. The employee's right ring fingertip and nail were amputated.
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An employee was installing solar panels on a residential roof at 33 Wilson Drive Babylon, New York 94402. The employee fell approximately 7 feet to the ground while descending a ladder and injured the right ankle. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
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